Atlanta Community Support Project

Events

Indiana Women's Prison History Project Conversation

November 10, 2023

The Atlanta Community Support Project provided support to our friends at Mourning Our Losses (MOL) as they hosted a conversation with three of the editors and authors of Who Would Believe a Prisoner? Indiana Women's Carceral Institutions, 1848-1920, published by The New Press.

The event took place at For Keeps Books in Atlanta, and included a conversation with MOL's Page Dukes and the book's authors, Michelle Daniel Jones, Anastazia Schmid, and Elizabeth Nelson.

To learn more about the book, visit whowouldbelieve.com

For more info about MOL, a crowd-sourced space remembering the lives of those who've died behind bars, visit mourningourlosses.org

Decriminalizing Race & Poverty Symposium

October 25, 2023

The ACSP's founding director, Luci Harrell, spoke on a panel at the annual Decriminalizing Race & Poverty Symposium, hosted by the Southern Center for Human Rights at the GSU College of Law, and featuring keynote speaker Andrea Armstrong. WATCH HERE.

"Let My People Vote" Town Hall in Macon

October 7, 2023

The ACSP had our first tabling at the Macon, Georgia voting rights town hall organized by the Rights Restoration Coalition of Georgia. We appreciated the chance to be in community with other orgs doing amazing advocacy work, and to connect with our brothers and sisters who have recently been released, as well as family members advocating for their loved ones still inside.